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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

I am and all my life have been a Linux user, I have nothing against Windows or MacOS, I just like Linux, and lately I have been experimenting with Windows in a virtual machine and I don't really know much open source software there apart from the one that is cross-platform like Firefox or Joplin.

At the moment I know:

Flow Launcher: It's a typical rofi style launcher, although I'm not a TWM user I like to just press super and type the first letters of the program I'm looking for to open it.

Lively Wallpaper: A program to have animated wallpapers, in the style of Wallpaper Engine.

Edit: I want to clarify that I read all the comments, I only respond to some because many times I have nothing to contribute to many of them because I don't know what to comment. Thanks to all of you for providing your lists of programs, I will be sure to try as many as I can because they are great, at least I know what to install if I use Windows one day!

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[-] AccurstDemon@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

FreeFileSync a FOSS backup and folder synchronizer, a must have.

FreeFileSync is a folder comparison and synchronization software that creates and manages backup copies of all your important files. Instead of copying every file every time, FreeFileSync determines the differences between a source and a target folder and transfers only the minimum amount of data needed. FreeFileSync is Open Source software, available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

[-] nix@merv.news 2 points 1 year ago

Is this different than syncthing in an important ways?

[-] AccurstDemon@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, Syncthing needs 2 diferents devices to sync, FreeFileSync syncronize whatever you want within 1 device, for example between 2 Disks or from a network disk to your computer disk.

Syncthing works great if there are 2 devices turned on and connected to a LAN or Internet, and FreeFileSync is totally disconected from the internet and only needs 1 device on (the one that execute it)

I use both, Syncthing to autosync all my devices and FreeFileSync to backup all those files to various disconected hard drives

[-] nix@merv.news 1 points 1 year ago

Oh nice thats really useful ill try it thanks

this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
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